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Eric Corey Freed

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About Eric Corey Freed

Organic Architect

Eric Corey Freed, LEED AP, Hon. FIGP, is Founding Principal of organicarchitect, a nationally known award winning architecture and consulting firm, with nearly 20 years of experience in green building and sustainable planning.

When Eric was just 25 years old, noted architect and critic Philip Johnson described him as “one of the real brains of his generation.” Today, Eric continues the tradition of “Organic Architecture”, first developed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Eric is the author of four books on Sustainable Design, including "Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies", a bestseller with over 100,000 copies in print. EcoSalon called it one of their “must read books that will forever change how you see the world.”

Green Building & Remodeling Green Sense for the Home Green Your Home Sustainable School Architecture

He is a Chair of the Coachella Valley branch of the US Green Building Council, and sits on the City of Palm Desert Sustainability Commission. He has received awards from several Mayors, and worked with dozens of municipalities around the country.

Considered a thought leader in the field, Eric was named “Best Green Architect” by San Francisco Magazine in 2005; “Best Visionary” in 2007; and “Green Visionary” by 7x7 Magazine in 2008. Click here for his complete resume

Organic Architect website: www.organicarchitect.com

What Hurricane Sandy teaches us about our built environment

October 30, 2012 By Eric Corey Freed

sandy_approaches_east_coast-noaaThe profession of Design is about to drastically change. If you’re an architect, engineer, planner or builder, the way you build is about to undergo some radical new transformations.Continue Reading What Hurricane Sandy teaches us about our built environment

Filed Under: Environment, Feature Posts, Los Angeles, Planning Tagged With: campaign, climate change, debate, FEMA, global warming, greenhouse effect. icecap, greenhouse gas, hurricane, ice cap, polar, Sandy, sea level, storms, Subway

How food should shape our cities

March 8, 2012 By Eric Corey Freed

Food IncI recently watched the Academy Award nominated documentary, Food inc.  To be honest, I was hesitant about watching it.  I already know more than I’d like about the sorry state of our food supply.  Another film putting images in my head of slaughterhouses and e-coli poisoning was not going to make me any happier.  (And, after all, being happier is something I strive to be.)Continue Reading How food should shape our cities

Filed Under: Environment, Los Angeles, Review Tagged With: carbon, corn subsidies, Detroit, ecology, emissions, Environment, greenhouse, James Kunstler, oil subsidies, sustainable, urban farming, vertical garden

GreenBuild 2011: Report from Toronto (Part 2 of a series)

October 23, 2011 By Eric Corey Freed

Greenbuild Sign
Eric Corey Freed continues his report from the trenches of the largest Green Building Conference in the world (BE SURE to read Part 1)
Despite the milestone, there was almost no mention of this being the tenth anniversary of theContinue Reading GreenBuild 2011: Report from Toronto (Part 2 of a series)

Filed Under: Environment, Los Angeles Tagged With: Alex Wilson, David Kohler, Eric Corey Freed, Greenbuild, LEED, Lynn Simon, Maroon 5, Rick Fedrizzi, Rob Watson, U.S. Green Building Council, USGBC

GreenBuild 2011: Report from Toronto (Part 1 of a series)

October 11, 2011 By Eric Corey Freed

An insider view of the largest green building conference in the World . . . GreenBuild 2011 Toronto

Celebrating its’ tenth anniversary, the GreenBuild Conference & Expo (http://www.greenbuildexpo.org), is the largest gathering of architects, engineers, developers, contractors and builders involved in the greening of the built environment.  With a hundred Continue Reading GreenBuild 2011: Report from Toronto (Part 1 of a series)

Filed Under: Environment, Los Angeles Tagged With: Amory Lovins, Bill Browning, biomimicry, Eco District, EPD, Gail Vittori, Green Schools, GreenBuild 2011, living buildings, Yudelson

The University as the True Hub of Green Innovation?

September 22, 2011 By Eric Corey Freed

Stanford University Hallway by Jeff PearceStanford University has long held a tradition of innovation.  The legendary tech startups, such as Yahoo and Google, that were founded by Stanford students in its’ hallowed halls are now the stuff of legend in SIlicon Valley.  (In fact, Sun Microsystems got their original name as an acronym for Stanford University Network.)  Billions of dollars haveContinue Reading The University as the True Hub of Green Innovation?

Filed Under: Environment, Los Angeles Tagged With: Architecture for Humanity, Earth Institute, EcoCradle, Eric Corey Freed, green design, green house, MIT, Penn, Stanford, sustainable design, University of Pennsylvania

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